Exclusive: Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films has acquired the film rights to one of the hottest theater shows around: the Sydney Theatre Company’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde classic The Picture Of Dorian Gray, which has recently been lighting up London’s West End.
Sarah Snook has garnered raves for her performance in the latest iteration of the show and last Sunday the Succession star scored an Olivier Award for Best Actress.
Dirty Films partner Andrew Upton is working with the show’s mastermind Kip Williams on a treatment based on the technically dazzling one woman show, which sees its protagonist play 26 roles. The part was first performed by Eryn Jean Norvill in multiple sell-out runs across Australia. Oscar winner Blanchett attended the most recent run’s opening night in London earlier this year.
Co-producers on the film will be Rachel Gardner and Jo Porter of Australian company Curio Pictures,...
Sarah Snook has garnered raves for her performance in the latest iteration of the show and last Sunday the Succession star scored an Olivier Award for Best Actress.
Dirty Films partner Andrew Upton is working with the show’s mastermind Kip Williams on a treatment based on the technically dazzling one woman show, which sees its protagonist play 26 roles. The part was first performed by Eryn Jean Norvill in multiple sell-out runs across Australia. Oscar winner Blanchett attended the most recent run’s opening night in London earlier this year.
Co-producers on the film will be Rachel Gardner and Jo Porter of Australian company Curio Pictures,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video has unveiled first-look images of its The Narrow Road to The Deep North adaptation starring Jacob Elordi, which has wrapped production in Australia.
Set against the shadows of World War II, Sony Pictures Television’s series tells the epic story of Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans (Elordi) and how his all-too-brief love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young) shaped his life. The story is told over multiple time periods, providing a love story to sustain audiences through the darkest of times, an intimate character study illustrating the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity, and an investigation into a marriage and an unforgettable love affair.
A set of new castings have also been announced including Essie Davis (Lynette), William Lodder(Rabbit), Eduard Geyl (Jimmy), Christian Byers (Rainbow), Sam Parsonson (Rooster), Reagan Mannix (Bonox), Fabian McCallum (Sheephead), Caelan McCarthy (Chum), David Howell (Tiny), Taki Abe (Colonel Kota), Masa Yamaguchi...
Set against the shadows of World War II, Sony Pictures Television’s series tells the epic story of Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans (Elordi) and how his all-too-brief love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young) shaped his life. The story is told over multiple time periods, providing a love story to sustain audiences through the darkest of times, an intimate character study illustrating the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity, and an investigation into a marriage and an unforgettable love affair.
A set of new castings have also been announced including Essie Davis (Lynette), William Lodder(Rabbit), Eduard Geyl (Jimmy), Christian Byers (Rainbow), Sam Parsonson (Rooster), Reagan Mannix (Bonox), Fabian McCallum (Sheephead), Caelan McCarthy (Chum), David Howell (Tiny), Taki Abe (Colonel Kota), Masa Yamaguchi...
- 3/20/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a wrap for Jacob Elordi down under. The in-demand actor’s upcoming Amazon Prime Video miniseries The Narrow Road to the Deep North, in which he stars opposite Odessa Young in a sweeping love story spanning decades, has just completed production in New South Wales, Australia.
Produced by Prime Video, Curio Pictures, and Sony Pictures Television, the upcoming five-part drama series is based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel and has been adapted for the screen by writer Shaun Grant and directed by Justin Kurzel (Nitram, Assassin’s Creed, Macbeth).
Set against the shadows of World War II, the series tells the epic story of Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans (Elordi), and how his all-too-brief love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Young) shaped his life. The story is told over multiple time periods, journeying from Evans’ childhood to his experience as a prisoner-of-war on the Thailand-Burma Railway as a young man,...
Produced by Prime Video, Curio Pictures, and Sony Pictures Television, the upcoming five-part drama series is based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel and has been adapted for the screen by writer Shaun Grant and directed by Justin Kurzel (Nitram, Assassin’s Creed, Macbeth).
Set against the shadows of World War II, the series tells the epic story of Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans (Elordi), and how his all-too-brief love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Young) shaped his life. The story is told over multiple time periods, journeying from Evans’ childhood to his experience as a prisoner-of-war on the Thailand-Burma Railway as a young man,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Five months of production has been completed on Jacob Elordi-starring drama series “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” which is set in the “Euphoria” and “Saltburn” star’s native Australia.
An adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanaghan, the five-part series is a love story set against the backdrop of World War II. Elordi portrays Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans and co-stars with Odessa Young. Ciaran Hinds (“Belfast”) plays the older version of Evans.
The adapted screenplay was penned by Shaun Grant and the show is directed by Justin Kurzel.
Production is by Curio Pictures with Prime Video releasing the title in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In other territories, it distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
Flanaghan’s novel, published in 2013, chronicles a century dominated by war, with forced labor on the Thai-Burma Railway and a brief love affair as its dramatic heart.
The story is told over...
An adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanaghan, the five-part series is a love story set against the backdrop of World War II. Elordi portrays Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans and co-stars with Odessa Young. Ciaran Hinds (“Belfast”) plays the older version of Evans.
The adapted screenplay was penned by Shaun Grant and the show is directed by Justin Kurzel.
Production is by Curio Pictures with Prime Video releasing the title in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In other territories, it distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
Flanaghan’s novel, published in 2013, chronicles a century dominated by war, with forced labor on the Thai-Burma Railway and a brief love affair as its dramatic heart.
The story is told over...
- 3/20/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran actor Ciaran Hinds and Odessa Young have joined Euphoria star Jacob Elordi in the cast of premium Australian miniseries “The Narrow Road to the Deep North.” Production is now under way.
An adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanaghan, the five-part series is love story set against the backdrop of World War II. Production is by Curio Pictures with Prime Video releasing the title in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In other territories, it distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
Flanaghan’s novel, published in 2013, chronicles a century dominated by war, with the forced labor on the Thai-Burma Railway as its dramatic heart. The story is told by an Australian doctor who was taken prisoner during World War II and became an unlikely and uncomfortable hero after the war’s end.
The series has been in development for several years and was previously announced on the slate of Fremantle.
An adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanaghan, the five-part series is love story set against the backdrop of World War II. Production is by Curio Pictures with Prime Video releasing the title in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In other territories, it distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
Flanaghan’s novel, published in 2013, chronicles a century dominated by war, with the forced labor on the Thai-Burma Railway as its dramatic heart. The story is told by an Australian doctor who was taken prisoner during World War II and became an unlikely and uncomfortable hero after the war’s end.
The series has been in development for several years and was previously announced on the slate of Fremantle.
- 11/20/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) and Odessa Young (Mothering Sunday) are among the cast joining Jacob Elordi in the Prime Video Australia Original series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a TV adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Production on the new 5-part drama series kicked off Down Under today.
Also rounding out the cast are Olivia DeJonge (Elvis), Heather Mitchell (Love Me), Thomas Weatherall (Heartbreak High), Show Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice), Charles An (Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Simon Baker (Limbo).
Elordi has returned home to Australia to play the lead role of the younger Dorrigo Evans in the 1940s. Young will portray Amy Mulvaney, DeJonge will portray younger Ella and Baker will portray Keith. Fast-forward to the 1980s, the series will feature Hinds as the older Dorrigo and Mitchell as older Ella. Weatherall will portray Frank Gardiner, Kasamatsu will portray Major Nakamura and Charles An will portray The Goanna.
Also rounding out the cast are Olivia DeJonge (Elvis), Heather Mitchell (Love Me), Thomas Weatherall (Heartbreak High), Show Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice), Charles An (Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Simon Baker (Limbo).
Elordi has returned home to Australia to play the lead role of the younger Dorrigo Evans in the 1940s. Young will portray Amy Mulvaney, DeJonge will portray younger Ella and Baker will portray Keith. Fast-forward to the 1980s, the series will feature Hinds as the older Dorrigo and Mitchell as older Ella. Weatherall will portray Frank Gardiner, Kasamatsu will portray Major Nakamura and Charles An will portray The Goanna.
- 11/20/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming
Prime Video India has revealed a blockbuster lineup of Indian and international titles ahead of Prime Day 2023 on July 15 and 16. The lineup includes the Hindi-language version of “Ponniyin Selvan 2,” starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, “Babylon,” headlined by Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, Gerard Butler thriller “Kandahar” and Nawazuddin Siddiqui‘s Hindi-language drama-comedy “Tiku Weds Sheru.”
Hindi-language original horror series “Adhura,” headlined by Rasika Dugal, the final season of hit series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Tamil-language superhero film “Veeran” and Telugu-language family entertainer “Anni Manchi Sakunamule” are also part of the lineup as are Tamil-language series “Sweet Kaaram Coffee” that captures the journey of three women and Telugu-language Young Adult series “Hostel Days.”
The second season of the hit original series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” completes the lineup.
During this time, Prime members are eligible for discounts up to 50% discount when purchasing add-on subscriptions from the 18 streaming services available on Prime Video Channels.
Prime Video India has revealed a blockbuster lineup of Indian and international titles ahead of Prime Day 2023 on July 15 and 16. The lineup includes the Hindi-language version of “Ponniyin Selvan 2,” starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, “Babylon,” headlined by Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, Gerard Butler thriller “Kandahar” and Nawazuddin Siddiqui‘s Hindi-language drama-comedy “Tiku Weds Sheru.”
Hindi-language original horror series “Adhura,” headlined by Rasika Dugal, the final season of hit series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Tamil-language superhero film “Veeran” and Telugu-language family entertainer “Anni Manchi Sakunamule” are also part of the lineup as are Tamil-language series “Sweet Kaaram Coffee” that captures the journey of three women and Telugu-language Young Adult series “Hostel Days.”
The second season of the hit original series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” completes the lineup.
During this time, Prime members are eligible for discounts up to 50% discount when purchasing add-on subscriptions from the 18 streaming services available on Prime Video Channels.
- 6/28/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Jacob Elordi has been cast as the lead of “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” a limited series from Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant.
The series, which has been in development at Fremantle for years and has now moved to Sony Pictures Television, is based on Richard Flanagan’s 2013 novel, which received critical acclaim and won the Booker Prize. Elordi will star in the adaptation as the main protagonist Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon imprisoned in a Thai-Burmese camp. The original novel jumps across multiple periods of Evans’ life, from his affair as a young man with his uncle’s wife to his experiences in the war to his days as an elderly man consumed with regret.
“It is great for Shaun and I to be collaborating with a talented actor like Jacob,” Kurzel said in a statement shared with press. “The Narrow Road to the Deep North needs a powerful leading presence,...
The series, which has been in development at Fremantle for years and has now moved to Sony Pictures Television, is based on Richard Flanagan’s 2013 novel, which received critical acclaim and won the Booker Prize. Elordi will star in the adaptation as the main protagonist Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon imprisoned in a Thai-Burmese camp. The original novel jumps across multiple periods of Evans’ life, from his affair as a young man with his uncle’s wife to his experiences in the war to his days as an elderly man consumed with regret.
“It is great for Shaun and I to be collaborating with a talented actor like Jacob,” Kurzel said in a statement shared with press. “The Narrow Road to the Deep North needs a powerful leading presence,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Jacob Elordi has signed on to lead Sony Pictures Television’s (Spt) forthcoming limited series, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North.”
The “Euphoria” actor will portray the series’ main character, Dorrigo Evans, described as “an army surgeon whose short but forbidden affair with Amy, the young wife of his uncle, sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men held prisoner in a Thai-Burmese camp during WWII.” Elordi will return to his native Australia for the shoot.
Based on Richard Flanagan’s acclaimed novel of the same name, the five-part series is being developed by Spt’s Curio Pictures with Jo Porter as managing director and executive producer alongside Rachel Gardner, who also serves as creative director. Justin Kurzel will also direct and executive produce.
“It is thrilling to have Jacob Elordi join us on this project,” Porter said. “The character of Dorrigo Evans...
The “Euphoria” actor will portray the series’ main character, Dorrigo Evans, described as “an army surgeon whose short but forbidden affair with Amy, the young wife of his uncle, sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men held prisoner in a Thai-Burmese camp during WWII.” Elordi will return to his native Australia for the shoot.
Based on Richard Flanagan’s acclaimed novel of the same name, the five-part series is being developed by Spt’s Curio Pictures with Jo Porter as managing director and executive producer alongside Rachel Gardner, who also serves as creative director. Justin Kurzel will also direct and executive produce.
“It is thrilling to have Jacob Elordi join us on this project,” Porter said. “The character of Dorrigo Evans...
- 11/2/2022
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
“Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi is attached to star in director Justin Kurzel’s and writer Shaun Grant’s adaptation of “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning WWII novel of the same name.
Australian-based Curio Pictures managing director Jo Porter and creative director Rachel Gardner will executive produce the five-part series, Sony Pictures Television’s announced Wednesday.
Elordi will play army surgeon Dorrigo Evans, whose brief love affair with the young wife of his uncle sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men held prisoner in a Thai-Burmese camp during WWII.
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“It is thrilling to have Jacob Elordi join us on this project. The character of Dorrigo Evans requires a multi-layered actor who can bring strength, sensitivity and charisma to the role – qualities Jacob has in spades.
Australian-based Curio Pictures managing director Jo Porter and creative director Rachel Gardner will executive produce the five-part series, Sony Pictures Television’s announced Wednesday.
Elordi will play army surgeon Dorrigo Evans, whose brief love affair with the young wife of his uncle sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men held prisoner in a Thai-Burmese camp during WWII.
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“It is thrilling to have Jacob Elordi join us on this project. The character of Dorrigo Evans requires a multi-layered actor who can bring strength, sensitivity and charisma to the role – qualities Jacob has in spades.
- 11/2/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Euphoria star Jacob Elordi is to lead Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant’s limited series adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Kurzel and Grant’s adaptation had been in development with Fremantle for several years but Sony Pictures Television has taken rights and Sony’s recently-launched Australian label Curio Pictures will produce. Curio MD Jo Porter was initially exec producing for Fremantle before moving to Curio.
Elordi, who is best known for playing Nate in HBO smash hit Euphoria, will play Dorrigo Evans, an army surgeon whose brief love affair with Amy, the young wife of his uncle, sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men prisoners in a Thai-Burmese camp during World War Two.
The book won the 2014 Booker Prize and was critically acclaimed for its themes of war, marriage and love.
Kurzel is directing,...
Kurzel and Grant’s adaptation had been in development with Fremantle for several years but Sony Pictures Television has taken rights and Sony’s recently-launched Australian label Curio Pictures will produce. Curio MD Jo Porter was initially exec producing for Fremantle before moving to Curio.
Elordi, who is best known for playing Nate in HBO smash hit Euphoria, will play Dorrigo Evans, an army surgeon whose brief love affair with Amy, the young wife of his uncle, sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men prisoners in a Thai-Burmese camp during World War Two.
The book won the 2014 Booker Prize and was critically acclaimed for its themes of war, marriage and love.
Kurzel is directing,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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Euphoria star Jacob Elordi is headed home for his next TV project.
The Australian actor has signed on to star in The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a limited series set during World War II that will film in his native country. The drama from Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures is based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel.
Elordi will play Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon whose brief love affair with Amy, his uncle’s young wife, sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men held prisoner in a Thai-Burmese camp during World War II. The series from writer Shaun Grant and director Justin Kurzel (True History of the Kelly Gang) is described as “an intimate character study, a depiction of both sides of war, an investigation into a marriage and a portrait of an unforgettable love affair.
Euphoria star Jacob Elordi is headed home for his next TV project.
The Australian actor has signed on to star in The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a limited series set during World War II that will film in his native country. The drama from Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures is based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel.
Elordi will play Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon whose brief love affair with Amy, his uncle’s young wife, sustains and haunts him through his darkest days as the reluctant leader of men held prisoner in a Thai-Burmese camp during World War II. The series from writer Shaun Grant and director Justin Kurzel (True History of the Kelly Gang) is described as “an intimate character study, a depiction of both sides of war, an investigation into a marriage and a portrait of an unforgettable love affair.
- 11/2/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has bagged Thomas M. Wright’s tense Cannes thriller The Stranger and will premiere it globally in October.
The Australian drama had its world premiere in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival this year, where Deadline critic Anna Smith said it revealed “quietly compelling insight” about the nature of police work.
The film will premiere in Australia at the Melbourne International Film Festival today and have a local theatrical release, before launching on Netflix worldwide.
Produced by See-Saw Films, Anonymous Content and Blue Tongue Films, whose founder Joel Edgerton stars alongside Sean Harris, the film is based around two strangers who strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other the undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of the tightly wrought thriller,...
The Australian drama had its world premiere in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival this year, where Deadline critic Anna Smith said it revealed “quietly compelling insight” about the nature of police work.
The film will premiere in Australia at the Melbourne International Film Festival today and have a local theatrical release, before launching on Netflix worldwide.
Produced by See-Saw Films, Anonymous Content and Blue Tongue Films, whose founder Joel Edgerton stars alongside Sean Harris, the film is based around two strangers who strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other the undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of the tightly wrought thriller,...
- 8/4/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Yael Stone, Rob Collins, Callan Mulvey and Shantae Barnes-Cowan are the topline cast for AMC Studios and See-Saw Films’ vampire series, Firebite, now shooting in South Australia.
The brainchild of Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher, the eight-part series follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson (Collins) and Shanika (Barnes-Cowan), on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the Sa desert.
It is set in a remote desert mining town, a hive for the last vampire stronghold shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous populations. Sheltering from the sun in the underground mines and tunnels that surround the town until the present day, the colony’s numbers and hunger is growing. War is coming. Tyson and Shanika stand vanguard to the war. But what hope does an expertly reckless man full of bravado and a 17-year-old orphan possibly have...
The brainchild of Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher, the eight-part series follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson (Collins) and Shanika (Barnes-Cowan), on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the Sa desert.
It is set in a remote desert mining town, a hive for the last vampire stronghold shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous populations. Sheltering from the sun in the underground mines and tunnels that surround the town until the present day, the colony’s numbers and hunger is growing. War is coming. Tyson and Shanika stand vanguard to the war. But what hope does an expertly reckless man full of bravado and a 17-year-old orphan possibly have...
- 8/24/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), Rob Collins (Cleverman), Callan Mulvey (Avengers: Endgame) and Shantae Barnes-Cowan (Operation Buffalo) will star in Firebite for AMC+.
The original series just entered production in South Australia, and has also added Tony Kravitz (The Tall Man) as director.
A co-production between AMC Studios and See-Saw Films, Firebite is a fantasy series that follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson (Collins) and Shanika (Barnes-Cowan), on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the South Australian desert. The series is comprised of eight, one-hour episodes set to debut on AMC+ this winter.
Warwick Thorton created and wrote the series—also directing, along with Kravitz and Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards).
Paul Ranford is producing, with Dena Curtis and Libby Sharpe serving as co-producers, and Billy Bowring as associate producer.
Emile Sherman and Iain Canning are exec producing for See-Saw Films,...
The original series just entered production in South Australia, and has also added Tony Kravitz (The Tall Man) as director.
A co-production between AMC Studios and See-Saw Films, Firebite is a fantasy series that follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson (Collins) and Shanika (Barnes-Cowan), on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the South Australian desert. The series is comprised of eight, one-hour episodes set to debut on AMC+ this winter.
Warwick Thorton created and wrote the series—also directing, along with Kravitz and Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards).
Paul Ranford is producing, with Dena Curtis and Libby Sharpe serving as co-producers, and Billy Bowring as associate producer.
Emile Sherman and Iain Canning are exec producing for See-Saw Films,...
- 8/24/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Studios and See-Saw Films have partnered to co-produce the original series “Firebite,” which will debut exclusively on AMC Plus.
The series will be filmed in Australia this summer for a planned debut on AMC Plus later this year. The series is set in a remote desert mining town, a hive for the last vampire stronghold shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous populations. It follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson and Shanika, on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires.
The season will be comprised of eight, one-hour episodes and will be filmed on the traditional Country of the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara people of the Western Desert and Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains in and around Adelaide, the regional town of Coober Pedy and at the Adelaide Studios in South Australia.
“It’s incredibly exciting to be bringing Warwick and...
The series will be filmed in Australia this summer for a planned debut on AMC Plus later this year. The series is set in a remote desert mining town, a hive for the last vampire stronghold shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous populations. It follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson and Shanika, on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires.
The season will be comprised of eight, one-hour episodes and will be filmed on the traditional Country of the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara people of the Western Desert and Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains in and around Adelaide, the regional town of Coober Pedy and at the Adelaide Studios in South Australia.
“It’s incredibly exciting to be bringing Warwick and...
- 6/8/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Studios has greenlit series Firebite, helmed by Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher and described as a “high-octane” Indigenous spin on the vampire genre.
Firebite follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson and Shanika, on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the desert – a colony shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous population.
Sheltering from the sun in the underground mines and tunnels that surround the town until the present day, the colony’s numbers and hunger is growing. War is coming. Tyson and Shanika stand vanguard to the war.
A co-production with See-Saw Films, the eight-parter is expected to start shooting in South Australia in the coming months and land on AMC+ in the US later this year. There is no word as yet to an Australian broadcaster.
Thornton and Fletcher have co-created and written the series,...
Firebite follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson and Shanika, on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the desert – a colony shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous population.
Sheltering from the sun in the underground mines and tunnels that surround the town until the present day, the colony’s numbers and hunger is growing. War is coming. Tyson and Shanika stand vanguard to the war.
A co-production with See-Saw Films, the eight-parter is expected to start shooting in South Australia in the coming months and land on AMC+ in the US later this year. There is no word as yet to an Australian broadcaster.
Thornton and Fletcher have co-created and written the series,...
- 6/8/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
AMC Studios has greenlit AMC+ original Firebite, an Australian vampire fantasy series from See-Saw Films, the UK and Aussie producer behind AMC’s Top Of The Lake.
Created, written, and directed by Australia’s Indigenous auteur Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) and Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards), Firebite is billed as a high-octane series that follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson and Shanika, on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the south Australian desert.
The eight-part drama is set in a remote desert mining town, a hive for the last vampire stronghold shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous populations.
Sheltering from the sun in the underground mines and tunnels that surround the town until the present day, the colony’s numbers and hunger is growing. War is coming. Tyson and Shanika stand vanguard to the war.
But what hope...
Created, written, and directed by Australia’s Indigenous auteur Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) and Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards), Firebite is billed as a high-octane series that follows two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson and Shanika, on their quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the south Australian desert.
The eight-part drama is set in a remote desert mining town, a hive for the last vampire stronghold shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous populations.
Sheltering from the sun in the underground mines and tunnels that surround the town until the present day, the colony’s numbers and hunger is growing. War is coming. Tyson and Shanika stand vanguard to the war.
But what hope...
- 6/8/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
See-Saw Films has upped Simon Gillis to chief operating officer across both film and television as the company grows its business affairs and production teams.
The promotion for the London-based Gillis, who reports to joint MDs Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, comes alongside a number of new appointments.
These include Katie FitzGerald Frazer and Ellen Lister as senior business and legal affairs executives, and Emily Leach as senior production executive. Katie joins See-Saw from entertainment law firm Sheridans, Ellen from ITN Productions, and Emily from Film4.
In the Sydney office, Rachel Gardner has also been promoted from executive producer to the newly-created role of head of drama Australia.
Gardner has worked for See-Saw for the seven years, driving a slate of Australian projects such as recent Foxtel drama The End. Her move to head of drama forms part of the company’s ambition to further develop and nurture Australian talent.
The promotion for the London-based Gillis, who reports to joint MDs Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, comes alongside a number of new appointments.
These include Katie FitzGerald Frazer and Ellen Lister as senior business and legal affairs executives, and Emily Leach as senior production executive. Katie joins See-Saw from entertainment law firm Sheridans, Ellen from ITN Productions, and Emily from Film4.
In the Sydney office, Rachel Gardner has also been promoted from executive producer to the newly-created role of head of drama Australia.
Gardner has worked for See-Saw for the seven years, driving a slate of Australian projects such as recent Foxtel drama The End. Her move to head of drama forms part of the company’s ambition to further develop and nurture Australian talent.
- 3/11/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The TV team at See-Saw Films is working on a diverse mix of upcoming projects.
Top Of The Lake has come to define the work of See-Saw’s TV team, in the same way The King’s Speech did for their film division.
The first series of Jane Campion and Gerard Lee’s crime drama was nominated for five Emmys, two Golden Globes (with star Elisabeth Moss winning best miniseries actress) and best drama at the Baftas.
Led by head of television Jamie Laurenson (pictured below, left) and COO, television Hakan Kousetta (below, right), the independent production house pursue prestigious TV projects, often with film directors, and always with “people who have something to say and have a vision”, says Laurenson.
The duo are supported by television development executive Patrick Walters, Australia based producer Rachel Gardner and La-based VP of creative affairs (USA) Negin Salmasi, who works across both TV and film.
See-Saw has bases...
Top Of The Lake has come to define the work of See-Saw’s TV team, in the same way The King’s Speech did for their film division.
The first series of Jane Campion and Gerard Lee’s crime drama was nominated for five Emmys, two Golden Globes (with star Elisabeth Moss winning best miniseries actress) and best drama at the Baftas.
Led by head of television Jamie Laurenson (pictured below, left) and COO, television Hakan Kousetta (below, right), the independent production house pursue prestigious TV projects, often with film directors, and always with “people who have something to say and have a vision”, says Laurenson.
The duo are supported by television development executive Patrick Walters, Australia based producer Rachel Gardner and La-based VP of creative affairs (USA) Negin Salmasi, who works across both TV and film.
See-Saw has bases...
- 8/4/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
The TV team at See-Saw Films are working on a diverse mix of upcoming projects.
Top Of The Lake has come to define the work of See-Saw’s TV team, in the same way The King’s Speech did for their film division.
The first series of Jane Campion and Gerard Lee’s crime drama was nominated for five Emmys, two Golden Globes (with star Elisabeth Moss winning best miniseries actress) and best drama at the Baftas.
Led by head of television Jamie Laurenson (pictured below, left) and COO, television Hakan Kousetta (below, right), the independent production house pursue prestigious TV projects, often with film directors, and always with “people who have something to say and have a vision”, says Laurenson.
The duo are supported by television development executive Patrick Walters, Australia based producer Rachel Gardner and La-based VP of creative affairs (USA) Negin Salmasi, who works across both TV and film.
See-Saw has bases...
Top Of The Lake has come to define the work of See-Saw’s TV team, in the same way The King’s Speech did for their film division.
The first series of Jane Campion and Gerard Lee’s crime drama was nominated for five Emmys, two Golden Globes (with star Elisabeth Moss winning best miniseries actress) and best drama at the Baftas.
Led by head of television Jamie Laurenson (pictured below, left) and COO, television Hakan Kousetta (below, right), the independent production house pursue prestigious TV projects, often with film directors, and always with “people who have something to say and have a vision”, says Laurenson.
The duo are supported by television development executive Patrick Walters, Australia based producer Rachel Gardner and La-based VP of creative affairs (USA) Negin Salmasi, who works across both TV and film.
See-Saw has bases...
- 8/4/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
(L-r): Josh Thomson, Chai Hansen, Luciane Buchanan and Emilie Cocquerel (Photo: Geoffrey Short)..
See Saw Films and Jump Film & TV have kicked off production on.The Legend of Monkey for ABC, Tvnz and Netflix..
To be shot on location around Auckland, the 10x30. children.s series is an adaptation of the 16th century Chinese fable Journey to the West. It.follows a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a journey to bring an end to a demonic reign..
The Legend of Monkey will star Chai Hansen (Mako Mermaids, The 100) with Luciane Buchanan (Filthy Rich, Blue Rose), Josh Thomson (Terry Teo, 7 Days, The Project) and Emilie Cocquerel (Lion, An Accidential Soldier)..
Head writer is Jacquelin Perske (Seven Types of Ambiguity, Spirited), who will work alongside Craig Irvin (Nowhere Boys) and Samantha Strauss (Dance Academy)..
The lead director is Gerard Johnstone (Housebound, The Jaquie Brown Diaries), with Irvin to direct additional eps.
See Saw Films and Jump Film & TV have kicked off production on.The Legend of Monkey for ABC, Tvnz and Netflix..
To be shot on location around Auckland, the 10x30. children.s series is an adaptation of the 16th century Chinese fable Journey to the West. It.follows a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a journey to bring an end to a demonic reign..
The Legend of Monkey will star Chai Hansen (Mako Mermaids, The 100) with Luciane Buchanan (Filthy Rich, Blue Rose), Josh Thomson (Terry Teo, 7 Days, The Project) and Emilie Cocquerel (Lion, An Accidential Soldier)..
Head writer is Jacquelin Perske (Seven Types of Ambiguity, Spirited), who will work alongside Craig Irvin (Nowhere Boys) and Samantha Strauss (Dance Academy)..
The lead director is Gerard Johnstone (Housebound, The Jaquie Brown Diaries), with Irvin to direct additional eps.
- 4/20/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Television show to air on ABC (Australia), Tvnz, Netflix in 2018.
Production is underway in New Zealand on live-action television series The Legend Of Monkey that See-Saw Films is producing with Jump Film & TV.
The series is an official New Zealand-Australian co-production with principal investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Nsw, Fulcrum Media Finance and the New Zealand Screen Production Grant.
The series from head writer Jacquelin Perske, along with writers Craig Irvin and Samantha Strauss, is filming on location in and around Auckland, New Zealand, and will premiere on ABC (Australia), Tvnz and Netflix in 2018.
Gerard Johnstone is the lead director, with Craig Irvin directing additional episodes on the show, inspired by the 16th Century Chinese fable Journey To The West.
The 10-part half-hour series follows a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a perilous journey as they attempt to bring an end to a demonic reign of chaos and restore balance...
Production is underway in New Zealand on live-action television series The Legend Of Monkey that See-Saw Films is producing with Jump Film & TV.
The series is an official New Zealand-Australian co-production with principal investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Nsw, Fulcrum Media Finance and the New Zealand Screen Production Grant.
The series from head writer Jacquelin Perske, along with writers Craig Irvin and Samantha Strauss, is filming on location in and around Auckland, New Zealand, and will premiere on ABC (Australia), Tvnz and Netflix in 2018.
Gerard Johnstone is the lead director, with Craig Irvin directing additional episodes on the show, inspired by the 16th Century Chinese fable Journey To The West.
The 10-part half-hour series follows a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a perilous journey as they attempt to bring an end to a demonic reign of chaos and restore balance...
- 4/19/2017
- ScreenDaily
As far as consolation prizes go, having a whiskey named after you isn’t bad.
Republic Restoratives, a D.C.-based distillery, had been making plans for a rye whiskey prior to the 2016 election, with the intent of celebrating the first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obviously that did not happen, but that hasn’t stopped owners Pia Carusone and Rachel Gardner from forging ahead with their plan and creating Rodham Rye, a blend of sourced one-year-old and three-and-a-half-year-old ryes from Tennessee.
Carusone had worked for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords before campaigning for Clinton last year, and she told The Washingtonian that despite the name,...
Republic Restoratives, a D.C.-based distillery, had been making plans for a rye whiskey prior to the 2016 election, with the intent of celebrating the first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obviously that did not happen, but that hasn’t stopped owners Pia Carusone and Rachel Gardner from forging ahead with their plan and creating Rodham Rye, a blend of sourced one-year-old and three-and-a-half-year-old ryes from Tennessee.
Carusone had worked for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords before campaigning for Clinton last year, and she told The Washingtonian that despite the name,...
- 3/23/2017
- by Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Vr project Buried.
Screen Australia has announced its latest funding round, with $3 million in production and development funding split between two Indigenous TV projects, eight multiplatform projects, eight feature films, and two individuals and two companies.
The two Indigenous television projects to have received production investment are:
–... ABC TV.s previously announced Indigenous comedy drama series The Warriors. From Robert Connolly's Arenamedia, the show is set in the competitive world of Australian Rules Football, and has major production investment from Screen Australia and funding support from Film Victoria;
–... Nitv documentary Carry The Flag,.which delves into the story behind the Torres Strait Island flag designed by Bernard Namok, from Tamarind Tree Pictures with Screen Queensland and Screen Territory support.
The eight multiplatform projects to have received production investment are:
–... Vr project The Buried, a 3D experience that plunges the viewer into a magical Dreamtime world, from Indigenous writer/director Tyson Mowarin,...
Screen Australia has announced its latest funding round, with $3 million in production and development funding split between two Indigenous TV projects, eight multiplatform projects, eight feature films, and two individuals and two companies.
The two Indigenous television projects to have received production investment are:
–... ABC TV.s previously announced Indigenous comedy drama series The Warriors. From Robert Connolly's Arenamedia, the show is set in the competitive world of Australian Rules Football, and has major production investment from Screen Australia and funding support from Film Victoria;
–... Nitv documentary Carry The Flag,.which delves into the story behind the Torres Strait Island flag designed by Bernard Namok, from Tamarind Tree Pictures with Screen Queensland and Screen Territory support.
The eight multiplatform projects to have received production investment are:
–... Vr project The Buried, a 3D experience that plunges the viewer into a magical Dreamtime world, from Indigenous writer/director Tyson Mowarin,...
- 10/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Some of the titans of the screen industry are helping Screen Producers Australia to put together the body.s annual conference.
The Screen Forever advisory board is advising on challenges, trends and success stories that will be addressed at the industry event to be staged November 17-19 in Melbourne
The annual conference will include keynotes, masterclasses, sessions pitching opportunities and markets. The advisory board consists of: Chris Oliver-Taylor, Managing Director, Matchbox Pictures and President, Screen Producers Australia Nathan Anderson, Multiplatform Executive Producer Ian Collie, CEO/Executive Producer, Essential Media and Entertainment Ross Crowley, Director of Content and Programming, Foxtel Rachel Gardner, Producer, See-Saw Films Therese Hegarty, Head of Production and Rights Management, Seven Network Russel Howcroft, Executive General Manager, Network Ten Nathan Mayfield, CEOr, Hoodlum Seph McKenna, Head of Australian Production, Roadshow Films Chris Rose, Commissioning Editor, ABC TV Annabelle Sheehan, CEO, South Australian Film Corporation
Oliver-Taylor said the conference...
The Screen Forever advisory board is advising on challenges, trends and success stories that will be addressed at the industry event to be staged November 17-19 in Melbourne
The annual conference will include keynotes, masterclasses, sessions pitching opportunities and markets. The advisory board consists of: Chris Oliver-Taylor, Managing Director, Matchbox Pictures and President, Screen Producers Australia Nathan Anderson, Multiplatform Executive Producer Ian Collie, CEO/Executive Producer, Essential Media and Entertainment Ross Crowley, Director of Content and Programming, Foxtel Rachel Gardner, Producer, See-Saw Films Therese Hegarty, Head of Production and Rights Management, Seven Network Russel Howcroft, Executive General Manager, Network Ten Nathan Mayfield, CEOr, Hoodlum Seph McKenna, Head of Australian Production, Roadshow Films Chris Rose, Commissioning Editor, ABC TV Annabelle Sheehan, CEO, South Australian Film Corporation
Oliver-Taylor said the conference...
- 9/27/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
John Maclean.s Slow West and Kim Farrant.s Strangerland will debut in Palace cinemas and in select regional locations in June immediately after being launched at the Sydney Film Festival.
The Sff is partnering with Transmission Films on the initiative dubbed Sff Presents. Both films had their world premieres in January at the Sundance Film Festival where Slow West, a fresh take on the Western genre, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic).
.Sff Presents will be at the forefront of a new approach to reaching fans of cinema,. said festival director Nashen Moodley.
.Slow West and Strangerland are both great festival-quality films wider audiences will enjoy. Holding screenings across Australian capital cities immediately following Sydney Film Festival.s premiere is a wonderful new way of sharing the excitement for these films around the country..
Transmission.s Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie said, .We are pleased to be...
The Sff is partnering with Transmission Films on the initiative dubbed Sff Presents. Both films had their world premieres in January at the Sundance Film Festival where Slow West, a fresh take on the Western genre, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic).
.Sff Presents will be at the forefront of a new approach to reaching fans of cinema,. said festival director Nashen Moodley.
.Slow West and Strangerland are both great festival-quality films wider audiences will enjoy. Holding screenings across Australian capital cities immediately following Sydney Film Festival.s premiere is a wonderful new way of sharing the excitement for these films around the country..
Transmission.s Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie said, .We are pleased to be...
- 4/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Sessions writer-director Ben Lewin is attached to helm Blue Rose, a biopic about the self-described .sex crazed. Australian composer and pianist Percy Grainger.
La-based Jeffrey Walker will return to Oz a to direct Dance Academy: The Comeback., a spin-off of Werner Film Productions. popular TV series, which will follow a young ballerina who dreams of being a star.
Following Ruin and Hail, Amiel Courtin-Wilson is to write, produce and direct Hawkwood, a thriller set in the backwaters of Africa which tells of ageing mercenary.s journey from chaos to grace.
These are among 16 feature projects which are receiving more than $620,000 in development funding from Screen Australia.
Lewin will write Blue Rose with Wain Fimeri for producers Chryssy Tintner, Jan Eymann, Judi Levine and Arclight.s Mark Lazarus and Gary Hamilton. His next film is Us indie romantic drama Purple Hearts, which will star Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez...
La-based Jeffrey Walker will return to Oz a to direct Dance Academy: The Comeback., a spin-off of Werner Film Productions. popular TV series, which will follow a young ballerina who dreams of being a star.
Following Ruin and Hail, Amiel Courtin-Wilson is to write, produce and direct Hawkwood, a thriller set in the backwaters of Africa which tells of ageing mercenary.s journey from chaos to grace.
These are among 16 feature projects which are receiving more than $620,000 in development funding from Screen Australia.
Lewin will write Blue Rose with Wain Fimeri for producers Chryssy Tintner, Jan Eymann, Judi Levine and Arclight.s Mark Lazarus and Gary Hamilton. His next film is Us indie romantic drama Purple Hearts, which will star Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez...
- 4/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smith-McPhee star in the Sundance drama.
Lionsgate is to release Slow West in the UK on June 26.
Directed by John Mclean, the Western drama debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is in next month’s Tribeca line-up.
Starring Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smith-McPhee, Slow West follows the story of 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the Us frontier at the end of the 19th century, in search of the woman he loves.
Along the way he is joined by Silas (Fassbender), a mysterious traveller with his own agenda, and is hotly pursued by an outlaw named Payne (Ben Mendelsohn).
The feature is presented by Film4, BFI and the New Zealand Film Commission, in association with Cross City Films and Hanway Films, A Dmc film / See-Saw Films / Rachel Gardner Films Production.
Lionsgate is to release Slow West in the UK on June 26.
Directed by John Mclean, the Western drama debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is in next month’s Tribeca line-up.
Starring Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smith-McPhee, Slow West follows the story of 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the Us frontier at the end of the 19th century, in search of the woman he loves.
Along the way he is joined by Silas (Fassbender), a mysterious traveller with his own agenda, and is hotly pursued by an outlaw named Payne (Ben Mendelsohn).
The feature is presented by Film4, BFI and the New Zealand Film Commission, in association with Cross City Films and Hanway Films, A Dmc film / See-Saw Films / Rachel Gardner Films Production.
- 3/19/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Soda Pictures has picked up from HanWay Films Canadian rights to the Western following its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the weekend.
The deal marks the third British film Soda has picked up for release in 2015 via its new Canadian platform that forms part of the wider film and television group Thunderbird Films.
First-time feature director John Maclean’s Western stars Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn and rising Australian talent Caren Pistorius.
Slow West takes place at the end of the 19th Century as a 16-year-old boy journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves, accompanied by a mysterious traveller and pursued by an outlaw.
Conor McCaughan of Dmc Film produced alongside Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films and Rachel Gardner of Rachel Gardner Films.
Slow West is the first project to be produced through Michael Fassbender and McCaughan’s Dmc Film.
Soda managing...
The deal marks the third British film Soda has picked up for release in 2015 via its new Canadian platform that forms part of the wider film and television group Thunderbird Films.
First-time feature director John Maclean’s Western stars Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn and rising Australian talent Caren Pistorius.
Slow West takes place at the end of the 19th Century as a 16-year-old boy journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves, accompanied by a mysterious traveller and pursued by an outlaw.
Conor McCaughan of Dmc Film produced alongside Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films and Rachel Gardner of Rachel Gardner Films.
Slow West is the first project to be produced through Michael Fassbender and McCaughan’s Dmc Film.
Soda managing...
- 1/28/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A24 and Directv have swooped on their latest film, taking Us rights from world sales agent HanWay Films to the upcoming Sundance world premiere starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn.
John Maclean’s directorial debut will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition and takes place in the late 1800’s as a 16-year-old journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves.
Fassbender plays the youngster’s mysterious companion and Mendelsohn is the outlaw on their tail.
Fassbender and Maclean previously worked together on two of Maclean’s short films, Man On A Motorcycle and the 2012 best short film BAFTA winner Pitch Black Heist.
Producing Slow West are Conor McCaughan, Fassbender’s partner at Dmc Film, as well as Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films and Rachel Gardner of Rachel Gardner Films.
Film4 developed the project and co-financed with the BFI, the New Zealand Film Commission and Fulcrum Media Finance...
John Maclean’s directorial debut will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition and takes place in the late 1800’s as a 16-year-old journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves.
Fassbender plays the youngster’s mysterious companion and Mendelsohn is the outlaw on their tail.
Fassbender and Maclean previously worked together on two of Maclean’s short films, Man On A Motorcycle and the 2012 best short film BAFTA winner Pitch Black Heist.
Producing Slow West are Conor McCaughan, Fassbender’s partner at Dmc Film, as well as Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films and Rachel Gardner of Rachel Gardner Films.
Film4 developed the project and co-financed with the BFI, the New Zealand Film Commission and Fulcrum Media Finance...
- 12/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Us debut of John Curran.s Tracks has been postponed- for four months.
The Outback adventure starring Mia Wasikowska as .camel girl. Robyn Davidson was originally dated for May 23.
But The Weinstein Co, which bought the Us rights after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, has shifted the date to September 19.
Date changes are not unusual but it may be that TWC has revised its expectations in light of the film.s box-office results in Australia and several major territories. The film chronicling Davidson.s 2,700 km trek across the Australian outback in 1977 has grossed $2.38 million in Australia.
According to Box Office Mojo, Tracks has earned $US726,000 after its fifth weekend in Germany, $610,000 after its third in the UK and $311,000 in two weekends in Italy. The film went out on a fairly wide 80, 55 and 79 screens respectively.
Screen Australia head of marketing Kathleen Drumm tells If that the Us...
The Outback adventure starring Mia Wasikowska as .camel girl. Robyn Davidson was originally dated for May 23.
But The Weinstein Co, which bought the Us rights after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, has shifted the date to September 19.
Date changes are not unusual but it may be that TWC has revised its expectations in light of the film.s box-office results in Australia and several major territories. The film chronicling Davidson.s 2,700 km trek across the Australian outback in 1977 has grossed $2.38 million in Australia.
According to Box Office Mojo, Tracks has earned $US726,000 after its fifth weekend in Germany, $610,000 after its third in the UK and $311,000 in two weekends in Italy. The film went out on a fairly wide 80, 55 and 79 screens respectively.
Screen Australia head of marketing Kathleen Drumm tells If that the Us...
- 5/18/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: New Zealand producer, who worked with See-Saw on Slow West [pictured], to “supercharge” Australian office.
New Zealand producer Rachel Gardner will move to Australia to join the Sydney office of See-Saw Films from July 1, increasing the British/Australian outfit’s in-house film and television capability and capacity.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to work with producers of the calibre of Emile (Sherman) and Iain (Canning) and the associated talent they attract,” she told Screendaily.
“See-Saw is one of the most successful independent production companies worldwide and it has an impressive track record of quality films, achieved in a short space of time, and I’m thrilled to be joining them.”
Gardner has been running great Southern Television in Auckland with business partner Philip Smith. Her feature credits are Apron Strings and Show of Hands.
“We wanted someone we would enjoy working with and who has the energy and drive to do the number of projects...
New Zealand producer Rachel Gardner will move to Australia to join the Sydney office of See-Saw Films from July 1, increasing the British/Australian outfit’s in-house film and television capability and capacity.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to work with producers of the calibre of Emile (Sherman) and Iain (Canning) and the associated talent they attract,” she told Screendaily.
“See-Saw is one of the most successful independent production companies worldwide and it has an impressive track record of quality films, achieved in a short space of time, and I’m thrilled to be joining them.”
Gardner has been running great Southern Television in Auckland with business partner Philip Smith. Her feature credits are Apron Strings and Show of Hands.
“We wanted someone we would enjoy working with and who has the energy and drive to do the number of projects...
- 5/13/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Production has begun in New Zealand on British director John Maclean's western "Slow West" at Film4, BFI and HanWay Films.
Set in Colorado and the Scottish Highlands at the end of the 19th century, the story follows 17-year-old Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) as he travels across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves.
He's accompanied on his trip by a mysterious traveller named Silas (Michael Fassbender). Ben Mendelsohn and Caren Pistorius also star.
The project marks Fassbender first feature as a producer. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman ("The King's Speech," "Shame"), Rachel Gardner and Conor McCaughan are also producing.
Filming is set to take place on location in New Zealand and Scotland.
Source: Screen...
Set in Colorado and the Scottish Highlands at the end of the 19th century, the story follows 17-year-old Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) as he travels across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves.
He's accompanied on his trip by a mysterious traveller named Silas (Michael Fassbender). Ben Mendelsohn and Caren Pistorius also star.
The project marks Fassbender first feature as a producer. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman ("The King's Speech," "Shame"), Rachel Gardner and Conor McCaughan are also producing.
Filming is set to take place on location in New Zealand and Scotland.
Source: Screen...
- 10/21/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Details revealed for film starring and produced by Michael Fassbender, shoot underway.
Principal photography gets underway today in New Zealand on John Maclean’s western Slow West.
Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Ben Mendelsohn and Caren Pistorius star in British director Maclean’s debut, which will be sold internationally by HanWay and distributed in the UK by Lionsgate.
Set at the end of the 19th Century, Slow West follows the story of 17-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves, accompanied by a mysterious traveller named Silas (Fassbender).
Set in Colorado and the Scottish highlands, the Western will film on location in New Zealand and Scotland.
The project, lauded within industry circles at script stage, is being produced by The King’s Speech producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films (Shame, Tracks); Michael Fassbender and Conor McCaughan of Dmc Film; and Rachel Gardner of [link...
Principal photography gets underway today in New Zealand on John Maclean’s western Slow West.
Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Ben Mendelsohn and Caren Pistorius star in British director Maclean’s debut, which will be sold internationally by HanWay and distributed in the UK by Lionsgate.
Set at the end of the 19th Century, Slow West follows the story of 17-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves, accompanied by a mysterious traveller named Silas (Fassbender).
Set in Colorado and the Scottish highlands, the Western will film on location in New Zealand and Scotland.
The project, lauded within industry circles at script stage, is being produced by The King’s Speech producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films (Shame, Tracks); Michael Fassbender and Conor McCaughan of Dmc Film; and Rachel Gardner of [link...
- 10/21/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
After executive producing Jane Campion.s Top of the Lake, Emile Sherman and Iain Canning have boarded another New Zealand-based project, the feature Slow West.
The Western-themed film will mark the debut of John Maclean, formerly a member of Scottish musical group The Beta Band.
Maclean has embarked on a career as a filmmaker: his short film Pitch Black Heist, which starred Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham as professional safe crackers, won the BAFTA award for best short last year.
Fassbender is in talks to play the lead in Slow West, according to Screen Daily. The New Zealand Film Commission is investing in the film.
Details on the film are sketchy but the Nzfc confirms it will be a UK-New Zealand co-production, with Great Southern Film & Television.s Rachel Gardner as the Kiwi producer, and it.s expected to shoot in Nz later this year.
The UK co-producer is Dmc Film,...
The Western-themed film will mark the debut of John Maclean, formerly a member of Scottish musical group The Beta Band.
Maclean has embarked on a career as a filmmaker: his short film Pitch Black Heist, which starred Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham as professional safe crackers, won the BAFTA award for best short last year.
Fassbender is in talks to play the lead in Slow West, according to Screen Daily. The New Zealand Film Commission is investing in the film.
Details on the film are sketchy but the Nzfc confirms it will be a UK-New Zealand co-production, with Great Southern Film & Television.s Rachel Gardner as the Kiwi producer, and it.s expected to shoot in Nz later this year.
The UK co-producer is Dmc Film,...
- 7/29/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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